Christ My Song - 1465

Be ready, for the days are evil.

1. Let me suffer wrong without complaining,
while myself from doing wrong abstaining,
through thy grace and strength, O Lord, I pray;
let me never smite the hand that smites me,
but do good to him who ill requites me:
thus prepare me for the evil day. PDF - Midi

2. Into thine own image, Lord, transform me,
to thy gentle Spirit so conform me,
that this lesson never may be lost:
not the poor oppressed, but the oppressor,
not the injured, but the proud transgressor,
is the man who needs our pity most.

4. Thou hadst power not only to create us,
but to punish and annihilate us;
yet so great, so wonderful thy love,
that to save us from the doom impending,
thou didst give thyself to death, descending
to our depth from thy great height above.

5. My true Peace and Saviour, be thou near me,
that in suffering I may not grow weary,
be thou near me to direct my way;
strengthen thou my soul when foes assail her,
that thy patient Spirit may not fail her:
thus prepare me for the evil day;

6. that herself in patience still possessing
she may find e'en woes to be a blessing,
nor account them strange when they arise.
Point her to the happy realms above her,
where departed saints, who dearly love her,
wait to greet her in the opening skies.